The Nevada state motto was adopted as part of the state seal in the year of 1886.

Unfortunately there is no documentation of the reasoning behind the choice of the Nevada state motto.
However, the Nevada motto was adopted during the Civil War at the same time as Nevada entered the Union
as a state. To add strength to the Union, the Union needed the support of one more state, so loyalty and
patriotism were strong feelings of bonding in this time of crisis and these sentiments may in this way have
contributed to the choice of the Nevada state motto.